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News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 3:35 pm

I LOVE that BM blue and black Optimus Primal. Bot mode is nice, but the BEAST mode is where it's at. That ape is savage and monstrous!
Too bad the clear plastics make the toy ultra fragile.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 3:38 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:I LOVE that BM blue and black Optimus Primal. Bot mode is nice, but the BEAST mode is where it's at. That ape is savage and monstrous!
Too bad the clear plastics make the toy ultra fragile.

Sad but true. BM Mirage had similar frailty. But in terms of design, that Primal is so much better than the show model there is no clearer showcase of where BM went wrong in it's aesthetic.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 3:56 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I LOVE that BM blue and black Optimus Primal. Bot mode is nice, but the BEAST mode is where it's at. That ape is savage and monstrous!
Too bad the clear plastics make the toy ultra fragile.

Sad but true. BM Mirage had similar frailty. But in terms of design, that Primal is so much better than the show model there is no clearer showcase of where BM went wrong in it's aesthetic.

Had a hand break on me once. Luckily I had a spare one in my parts bin. Now I don't dare transforming him anymore. Poor guy have definitely a case of Clear Plastic Syndrome.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 4:00 pm

Mine has stress cracks around the screws on the hinges that form his hips. I tried not to touch him at all anymore.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Aug 04, 2019 6:18 pm

didn't even know Mirage had that problem. I got mine out of a $1 bin at a collector store last year and he has given me no troubles. Better give him an examination.

I also thought of another one this weekend. I love that even though DotM Ultimate Optimus is not accurate to any source of media, he is an incredible toy

by **Optimum Supreme** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:07 pm

Black Hat wrote:I thought of another one- Generations Seaspray (the Voyager). Accurate to any incarnation of Seaspray, let alone G1? Not in the slightest. Awesome as all hell? You bet!

Yeah he is!

Movie Leader Op is great, I don't care that he's bulkier. I don't think I bothered with any other movie Leader versions, just stuck with voyagers and even the deluxe for my later OP versions. Oh and that big honking one who combined with his trailer (also not "screen accurate" I suppose) but hella big and cool, especially when I got it after Kmart dropped the price to like $30 or so.

G1 Jetfire... He's only not show accurate like most g1's in that the toys came first and they had to change the show/comic designed because it's a Robotech/macross design. But it's still one of the best toys ever.